I used ColorCal's Profiler RGB in manual mode to create a profile that
creates printed images that match my monitor as closely as possible, even
though my monitor is calibrated for the WEB (6500 degrees). It took a whole
day, but I've gotten good results now for a couple months. Anyhow, with this
technique, gamma is just a fallout and I didn't have to worry about it.
Devices drift with age, and so should be recalibrated periodically. When I
notice I'm not getting matching results, it probably means I should have
recalibrated sooner, and if I was doing this professionally, I probably
would, but my schedule is "good enough for government work," as they say.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Tom Christiansen
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:49 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: filmscanners: This Gamma thing version 2.0
>
>
> Hi Gang,
>
> No, I will not seize fire. My questions keep popping up and I demand
> answers!! :-))
>
>
> Alright. This mysterious gamma controls the way colors are
> displayed on the
> monitor through some exponential function of some kind. Fine!
>
> Here I am. Spending hours trying to get the gamma just right so
> that all my
> pictures will look great on any platform. And then I hit the print
> button... Then what??
>
>
> In short: How does the gamma setting affect the output when the image is
> printed out on paper? Should I have two different files: One with gamma=1
> for printing, and one with gamma=2.2 for web publishing?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
